Uganda WSA Contest Showcase at Hive Colab Tuesday 15 March 3 PM
Posted on: March 3, 2011 – Filed under: Kampala
The deadline for submission of projects for the WSA Contest is fast approaching. I would therefore urge you to read through the Press Release below and submit a project for the contest.
Those who have submitted an entry for the WSA Contest will be given an opportunity to present a five-minute elevator pitch at Hive Colab on the afternoon of Tuesday 15 March, starting at 3 PM. A jury of experts will score the presentations and winning candidates in each of the eight categories will be sent to the WSA organizers for review.
Please read the Press Release below for details and the link for submitting your entry. You must have submitted your entry by Friday 11th March to be included in the Uganda WSA Contest Showcase programme.
With kind regards, Daniel Stern, WSA National Expert for Uganda
Press Release: Digital contents creators from UGANDA to compete with peers from all over the world!
World Summit Award calls for entries
Salzburg, 7TH February 2011
You do not have to have big marketing machinery or millions to invest if you want to show the world that you have produced great web content, outstanding app or other superb digital media. You can now enter your product for the national pre-selection of the international World Summit Award. Five winners in each of the 8 categories will be able to present their product on a world stage and gain international standing and reputation. “The WSA offers a level playing field for developers from all 160 countries participating,” stresses WSA Chairman Peter A. Bruck. “That is what is special about the WSA. As a United Nations-mandated initiative, it showcases digital contents in different languages and designs from all over the world to show that great developments can come from any country, no matter what size.”
The World Summit Award is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best digital contents, held every two years. The national pre-selection in UGANDA is done through direct nomination by the national expert or through a competition or combination of both. Focal point to suggests projects to is Daniel Stern, Hive Colab, who serves as WSA National Expert for UGANDA.
Projects can be submitted to him until 25th March in eight categories:
1. e-Government & Institutions
2. e-Health & Environment
3. e-Learning & Education
4. e-Entertainment & Games
5. e-Culture & Heritage
6. e-Science & Technology
7. e-Business & Commerce
8. e-Inclusion & Participation
Daniel Stern, who sits on the Board of Directors for Hive Colab, calls on people of UGANDA to suggest their best current projects for the international WSA competition: UGANDA needs to show that it can compete on a global level; UGANDA has developed applications that are being used elsewhere in Africa, and that offer prospects for being adopted internationally. A Ugandan took the Mobile Monday Summit Peer Award for Base of the Pyramid category 2010.
After the nominations from all over the world are complete, an international jury will come together for a multiday-session to evaluate the submissions on the basis of content and creativity. Jury members come from all continents and have backgrounds in the creative industries, telecommunication, advertising, journalism and research, as well as in teaching. The jury also includes representatives of international organisations and partners in the ICT-for-development field.
Winners will have the chance to network with each other and meet other experts in the field of ICT at the WSA 2011 Winners event in fall.
About the WSA
The World Summit Award (WSA), organised by the International Center for New Media (ICNM) in Salzburg, was started in 2003 as part of the UN’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). It is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best e-Content and innovative ICT applications; to date more than 160 countries are actively involved. Through national pre-selections and contests and a global jury process, WSA demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive.
For further general information, go to www.wsis-award.org or contact wsa@icnm.net.
To contact Daniel Stern, WSA National Expert for UGANDA, send a mail to dstern@hivecolab.com.